Recovering deleted data - Revision history

.FUF at 16:54, 13 June 2008

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Simsong at 17:07, 13 February 2007

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Uwe Hermann at 00:03, 16 May 2006

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Jfbeckers at 20:28, 11 May 2006

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Uwe Hermann at 01:32, 22 March 2006

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-When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s do not erase the actual data. Instead, they merely erase a pointer to the file so that the file does not appear in directory listings. These files can be recovered by simply ''undeleting'' the file---that is, restoring the directory entry.
+When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s do not erase the actual data. Instead, they merely erase a pointer to the file so that the file does not appear in directory listings. These files can be recovered by simply ''undeleting'' the file — that is, restoring the directory entry.
-For some file systems, such as [[FAT]], the deleted directory entry itself is easily recovered. In these cases the files can be recovered using an ''undelete'' program.  In other cases, however, the directory entry is not available---perhaps because it was overwritten. In these cases the only way that the file can be recovered is through the use of [[Carving|File Carving]].
+For some file systems, such as [[FAT]], the deleted directory entry itself is easily recovered. In these cases the files can be recovered using an ''undelete'' program.  In other cases, however, the directory entry is not available — perhaps because it was overwritten. In these cases the only way that the file can be recovered is through the use of [[Carving|File Carving]].
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 For some file systems, such as [[FAT]], the deleted directory entry itself is easily recovered. In these cases the files can be recovered using an ''undelete'' program.  In other cases, however, the directory entry is not available---perhaps because it was overwritten. In these cases the only way that the file can be recovered is through the use of [[Carving|File Carving]].
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 When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s do not erase the actual data. Instead, they merely erase a pointer to the file so that the file does not appear in directory listings. These files can be recovered by simply ''undeleting'' the file---that is, restoring the directory entry.
 For some file systems, such as [[FAT]], the deleted directory entry itself is easily recovered. In these cases the files can be recovered using an ''undelete'' program.  In other cases, however, the directory entry is not available---perhaps because it was overwritten. In these cases the only way that the file can be recovered is through the use of [[Carving|File Carving]].
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	When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s do not erase the actual data. Instead, they merely erase a pointer to the file so that the file does not appear in directory listings. These files can be recovered by simply ''undeleting'' the file---that is, restoring the directory entry.		When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s do not erase the actual data. Instead, they merely erase a pointer to the file so that the file does not appear in directory listings. These files can be recovered by simply ''undeleting'' the file---that is, restoring the directory entry.

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-When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s generally do not erase the actual data. For example, when a file in a [[FAT]] [[file system]] is deleted, the Root Directory entry and FATs are updated, but the data residing in the Data Area remains intact.
+When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s do not erase the actual data. Instead, they merely erase a pointer to the file so that the file does not appear in directory listings. These files can be recovered by simply ''undeleting'' the file---that is, restoring the directory entry.
-== Recovery Programs ==
+For some file systems, such as [[FAT]], the deleted directory entry itself is easily recovered. In these cases the files can be recovered using an ''undelete'' program.  In other cases, however, the directory entry is not available---perhaps because it was overwritten. In these cases the only way that the file can be recovered is through the use of [[Carving|File Carving]].
-There are many programs that can recover these deleted files. Some of these software packages are specifically designed for forensics purposes. For example, [[Scalpel]] and its predecessor, [[foremost]], were developed to facilitate forensics investigations.
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-== Recovery challenges and test images ==
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-[http://www.dfrws.org/2006/challenge/]
-File Carving Challenge - [[DFRWS]] 2006
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-[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test6/index.html]
-FAT Undelete Test #1 - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #6)
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-[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test7/index.html]
-NTFS Undelete (and leap year) Test #1 - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #7)
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-[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test11/index.html]
-Basic Data Carving Test - fat32 (by Nick Mikus) - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #11)
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-[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test12/index.html]
-Basic Data Carving Test - ext2 (by Nick Mikus) - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #12)

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	When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s generally do not erase the actual data. For example, when a file in a [[FAT]] [[file system]] is deleted, the Root Directory entry and FATs are updated, but the data residing in the Data Area remains intact.		When the user requests to delete a file, most modern [[operating system]]s generally do not erase the actual data. For example, when a file in a [[FAT]] [[file system]] is deleted, the Root Directory entry and FATs are updated, but the data residing in the Data Area remains intact.

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	There are many programs that can recover these deleted files. Some of these software packages are specifically designed for forensics purposes. For example, [[Scalpel]] and its predecessor, [[foremost]], were developed to facilitate forensics investigations.		There are many programs that can recover these deleted files. Some of these software packages are specifically designed for forensics purposes. For example, [[Scalpel]] and its predecessor, [[foremost]], were developed to facilitate forensics investigations.
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		+	== Recovery challenges and test images ==
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		+	[http://www.dfrws.org/2006/challenge/]
		+	File Carving Challenge - [[DFRWS]] 2006
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		+	[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test6/index.html]
		+	FAT Undelete Test #1 - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #6)
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		+	[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test7/index.html]
		+	NTFS Undelete (and leap year) Test #1 - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #7)
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		+	[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test11/index.html]
		+	Basic Data Carving Test - fat32 (by Nick Mikus) - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #11)
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		+	[http://dftt.sourceforge.net/test12/index.html]
		+	Basic Data Carving Test - ext2 (by Nick Mikus) - Digital Forensics Tool Testing Image (dftt #12)

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		+	== Recovery Programs ==
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		+	There are many programs that can recover these deleted files. Some of these software packages are specifically designed for forensics purposes. For example, [[Scalpel]] and its predecessor, [[foremost]], were developed to facilitate forensics investigations.